Local authorities are looking at ways to plug funding gaps as inflation threatens services.

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling on a council to reinstate food vouchers for children eligible for free school meals.

Our political editor gives his take on a week in politics that saw Prime Ministerial hopeful Rishi Sunak land himself in hot water in a trip to Kent.

One of the county's MPs has weighed in on Rishi Sunak's credentials to become Prime Minister at another meeting of Conservative party members in Kent.

Rishi Sunak has told Kent Tories he should be Prime Minister because he redirected funding from "deprived urban areas" to places like Tunbridge Wells.

People struggling to heat their homes amid rocketing energy prices could seek refuge in 'warm banks', which are being considered in Kent this winter.

Is this the right time for KCC to be consulting taxpayers on how to save millions, asks our political editor.

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been showing his face in Kent to gain support amid his campaign to be Prime Minister.

Rosie Duffield has confirmed her candidacy for the next General Election by winning the majority in a Labour trigger ballot.

A Kent council has submitted a £20m bid to the government's levelling-up fund but plans for a new swimming pool have been ditched.

A councillor says she has received cross-party support after she alleged she was bullied.

Rishi Sunak is due to visit Kent in his campaign to lead the Conservative party and become Prime Minster.

A Tory leadership debate was dramatically cut short when the show's host fainted in the studio.

Posters advertising a money laundering service and mentioning people connected to Vladmir Putin and Pablo Escobar have popped up at a former bank.

A councillor says she fears plans to continue livestreaming meetings and begin archiving them online could see colleagues mocked on TikTok.

Following a weekend of chaos motorists are being warned to expect delays to worsen as the day goes on.

Anti-Brexit campaigners have joined the queues of hauliers in Kent as they blame the county's congestion chaos on Britain's departure from the EU.

As the two remaining candidates in the Tory leadership race go head to head we look at where they stand on what matters to people living in Kent.

Find out what happened when one of our reporters snuck into a Tory party meet-and-greet for Liz Truss.

A Kent MP says whoever comes out on top in the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party will be taking on a 'poisoned chalice'.